Characteristics of the TV sitcom

One characteristic of the TV sitcom I find interesting is the proscenium style of it. A proscenium is like in a theater where the space primary feature is a large frame, which is located at or near the front of the stage. Like in TV, there is only a primary frame that is directly shown to an audience. The difference of course is that TV sitcoms have ways of taking an audience into greater depth. With this I can talk about how sitcoms having certain characteristics such as an idea that everything is not accidentally put into a frame and that all of the details in it has a purpose, we know this as mise-en-scène. There is also shot reverse shot, which is primarily for showing conversations between two people. As far as how these characteristics function within a sitcom genre, I can say that in a drama these functions would show a way of getting into depth with the characters in a sitcom.The fact that TV sitcoms still have the proscenium style only makes every thing more up front and personal. My example would be Rosanne. And I know there is tons of mise-en-scène to show how normal a family the Connors are. The drama going on in this sitcom is so intense that the shot reverse shots have you feeling their anger!